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D.
total wage income in the world.
AACSB: Knowledge Application
Acc essib i l i t y :
Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Understand
Difficulty:
02 Medium
Learning Objective: 25-03 Explain how immigration affects average wages, resource
allocation, domestic output, and group income shares.
Test Bank: I
Topic:
Economic Effects of Immigration
38.
If the elasticity of demand for labor in the United States is unitary, immigration into the
United States can be expected to
39.
Voluntary migration of skilled craft workers from low-paying to high-paying nations is
most likely to be opposed by
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40.
"Remittances" occur when
41.
Which of the following will most likely cause backflows?
42.
Under what circumstances will immigration be most likely to equalize wage rates across
countries?
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Difficulty:
02 Medium
Learning Objective: 25-03 Explain how immigration affects average wages, resource
allocation, domestic output, and group income shares.
Test Bank: I
Topic:
Economic Effects of Immigration
43.
Efficiency gains from migration
44.
Worker migration will cause wage rates to equalize across two countries if all of the
following conditions are met except that
45.
Inflows of immigrant workers tend to reduce the wages of domestic-born workers. Under
which of the following circumstances is this least likely to occur?
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A.
Migration between countries is unimpeded.
B.
Immigrant workers make remittances to their home country.
C.
Immigrant workers and domestic-born workers are substitute resources.
D. Immigrant workers and domestic-born workers are complementary resources.
46.
Which of the following statements is most accurate about the effects of migration?
47.
Because there are costs to migration,
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allocation, domestic output, and group income shares.
Test Bank: I
Topic:
Economic Effects of Immigration
48.
Which of the following pairs of nations received the most remittances from their emigrants
in 2015?
49.
Most remittances flow toward
50.
Remittances and backflows of experienced workers
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AACSB: Knowledge Application
Acc essib i l i t y :
Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Understand
Difficulty:
02 Medium
Learning Objective: 25-03 Explain how immigration affects average wages, resource
allocation, domestic output, and group income shares.
Test Bank: I
Topic:
Economic Effects of Immigration
51.
Unimpeded immigration between two nations tends to
52.
Assuming migration is unimpeded and costless, which of the following statements is most
accurate about the effect of immigration on wages in both the origin and destination
nations?
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Test Bank: I
Topic:
Economic Effects of Immigration
53.
Other things equal, immigration has what effects on the destination nation?
54.
Suppose that Gamma is an advanced industrial country and Omega is a developing nation.
Omega will gain the most from having some of its people emigrate to Gamma if
55.
Between 1996 and 2006, cash welfare payments to immigrants
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C. fell by 73 percent.
D. fell by 39 percent.
56.
Which of the following statements is most accurate about welfare utilization by immigrant
and nonimmigrant households (households with minor children) in 2009?
57.
Scholarly estimates of the effects of immigration on the average American wage range
from
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Learning Objective: 25-03 Explain how immigration affects average wages, resource
allocation, domestic output, and group income shares.
Test Bank: I
Topic:
Economic Effects of Immigration
58.
According to estimates, what percentage of agricultural workers in the United States are
illegal immigrants?
59.
According to estimates, what percentage of cleaning workers in the United States are
illegal immigrants?
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60.
Assumptions: (1) Employers in this market are willing and able to ignore minimum wage laws;
(2) Sd represents the supply of domestic-born (and legal immigrant) workers; (3) St
represents the total supply of workers in this labor market (Sd plus illegal immigrants); and (4)
unless otherwise stated, illegal immigration is not effectively blocked by the
government.
The equilibrium wage and level of employment are, respectively,
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61.
Assumptions: (1) Employers in this market are willing and able to ignore minimum wage laws;
(2) Sd represents the supply of domestic-born (and legal immigrant) workers; (3) St
represents the total supply of workers in this labor market (Sd plus illegal immigrants); and (4)
unless otherwise stated, illegal immigration is not effectively blocked by the
government.
How many domestic-born (and legal immigrant) workers will be hired at equilibrium?
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62.
Assumptions: (1) Employers in this market are willing and able to ignore minimum wage laws;
(2) Sd represents the supply of domestic-born (and legal immigrant) workers; (3) St
represents the total supply of workers in this labor market (Sd plus illegal immigrants); and (4)
unless otherwise stated, illegal immigration is not effectively blocked by the
government.
How many illegal immigrant workers will be hired at equilibrium?
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63.
Assumptions: (1) Employers in this market are willing and able to ignore minimum wage laws;
(2) Sd represents the supply of domestic-born (and legal immigrant) workers; (3) St
represents the total supply of workers in this labor market (Sd plus illegal immigrants); and (4)
unless otherwise stated, illegal immigration is not effectively blocked by the
government.
If the government effectively prevents illegal immigrants from working in this labor market, the
equilibrium wage and level of employment are, respectively,
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64.
Assumptions: (1) Employers in this market are willing and able to ignore minimum wage laws;
(2) Sd represents the supply of domestic-born (and legal immigrant) workers; (3) St
represents the total supply of workers in this labor market (Sd plus illegal immigrants); and (4)
unless otherwise stated, illegal immigration is not effectively blocked by the
government.
Assume initially that government does not effectively block illegal immigration. If the
government then finds a way to prevent all illegal immigrants from working in this labor
market,
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Test Bank: I
Topic:
The Illegal Immigration Debate
Type: Graph
65.
Assumptions: (1) Employers in this market are willing and able to ignore minimum wage laws;
(2) Sd represents the supply of domestic-born (and legal immigrant) workers; (3) St
represents the total supply of workers in this labor market (Sd plus illegal immigrants); and (4)
unless otherwise stated, illegal immigration is not effectively blocked by the
government.
The equilibrium wage and level of employment are, respectively,
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Topic:
The Illegal Immigration Debate
Type: Graph
66.
Assumptions: (1) Employers in this market are willing and able to ignore minimum wage laws;
(2) Sd represents the supply of domestic-born (and legal immigrant) workers; (3) St
represents the total supply of workers in this labor market (Sd plus illegal immigrants); and (4)
unless otherwise stated, illegal immigration is not effectively blocked by the
government.
How many domestic-born (and legal immigrant) workers will be hired at equilibrium?
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Type: Graph
67.
Assumptions: (1) Employers in this market are willing and able to ignore minimum wage laws;
(2) Sd represents the supply of domestic-born (and legal immigrant) workers; (3) St
represents the total supply of workers in this labor market (Sd plus illegal immigrants); and (4)
unless otherwise stated, illegal immigration is not effectively blocked by the
government.
How many illegal immigrant workers will be hired at equilibrium?
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68.
Assumptions: (1) Employers in this market are willing and able to ignore minimum wage laws;
(2) Sd represents the supply of domestic-born (and legal immigrant) workers; (3) St
represents the total supply of workers in this labor market (Sd plus illegal immigrants); and (4)
unless otherwise stated, illegal immigration is not effectively blocked by the
government.
If the government effectively prevents illegal immigrants from working in this labor market, the
equilibrium wage and level of employment are
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69.
Assumptions: (1) Employers in this market are willing and able to ignore minimum wage laws;
(2) Sd represents the supply of domestic-born (and legal immigrant) workers; (3) St
represents the total supply of workers in this labor market (Sd plus illegal immigrants); and (4)
unless otherwise stated, illegal immigration is not effectively blocked by the
government.
Assume initially that government does not effectively block illegal immigration. If the
government then finds a way to prevent all illegal immigrants from working in this labor
market,
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in low-wage labor markets and impacts state and local budgets.
Test Bank: I
Topic:
The Illegal Immigration Debate
Type: Graph
70.
Assumptions: (1) Employers in this market are willing and able to ignore minimum wage laws;
(2) Sd represents the supply of domestic-born (and legal immigrant) workers; (3) St
represents the total supply of workers in this labor market (Sd plus illegal immigrants); and (4)
unless otherwise stated, illegal immigration is not effectively blocked by the
government.
The figure suggests that

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